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PATBNTED JAN. 19, 1904,

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APPLICATION FILED 00T. 30, 1901.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 19, 1904.

VVILLARDC. JAMES, OF CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,193, dated January 19, 1904. Application filed October 30, 1901. Serial No. 80,566. (No modeh) To all whom, t muy concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLARD C. J Aimes, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cucamonga, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wardrobes, Closets, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention is applicable in many situations, but is especially desirable for use in connection with wardrobes, closets, and the ike.

The invention consists in the combination, with a closet or other like recessed structure or receptacle, of a door furnished with a movable panel or panels and with a receptacle er receptacles carried by such door and chamvbered in the closet, access to which receptacle or receptacles may readily be had by the moving of said panel or panels.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention in adesirable form.

Figure I isa front view of my newly-invented article of furniture, showing the panels open to expose the receptacles. Fig. II is view of the same with the panels closed. Fig. III is a plan section on line III III, Fig. I, showing also the construction of the closet. Fig. IV is a vertical section on line IV IV,

Fig. I. Fig. V is a perspective view showing the door partially open. 4

1 designates the frame of a doorway; 2, the structure of a closet in a building; 3, adoor in the doorway 4. The front face of the door 3 is furnished with movable panels 6, 7, and 8.

9 designates hinges, by which the panels are preferably hinged to the door; y

k10 designates a receptacle at the back of the door. This is preferably divided by partitions for various uses, a portion, a, being furnished with shelves 11, arranged for a bookcase, another portion, being furnished with pigeonholes 12, arranged for papers, and another portion, c, being arranged for soiled linen and other articles which it is desired to put out of sight for the time being.

The panel 7 of the door is sustained by a link 13 to form a writing-desk.

In practical use thedoor serves the ordinary purpose of a door and in addition thereto carries the bookcase c, the pigeonholes 12, writing-desk 7, and the receptacle c, and when the door is closed these several elements are stored in the space in the closet, which has heretofore been practically unutilized, and may be used in the ordinary Way without moving the door to which they are attached, and whenever it is desired to gain access to the interior of the closet thedoor is used in the ordinary way.

The combined door and recessed structure thus formed will be used in the customary manner of such articles, respectively, the closures 6, 7 and 8 of the secretary forming, when closed, the panels of the door. A

`What I claim, and 'desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A door having a compartment on its inner or rear side, an opening in the front face of the door leading into said compartment, and a movable panel closing said opening, in combination with a recessed structure adapted to receive the compartment when the door is in closed position, said door being hinged to said structure.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of Vtwo subscribing witnesses, at Los Angeles, California, this 23d day of October, 1901.

.g4 WILLARD C. JAMES. Witnesses:

J AMES R. TowNsEND,

JULIA TowNsEND. 

